“Right-wing candidates continue to campaign on disrupting gender affirming healthcare for youth, which could have grave consequences for all peoples’ access to healthcare.
In short: bodily autonomy is on the ballot in 2022.”
“I was a closeted trans girl doing what I could to hide that fact from everyone, including myself. Since leaving high school, I had curated a personality to throw anyone off the scent of me being queer. These were my beards.”
“Too often, fat/trans/Black folks are taught to ignore our natural instincts—for food, water, a bathroom break, or a nap—because something else is ‘more important.'”
“For the first time ever in my professional life, I felt like I could exhale a breath I hadn’t realized I’d been holding.”
“The thing they don’t tell you about setting boundaries is that it’s going to cost you something. You gain a lot, but it doesn’t mean setting a boundary and sticking to it is always going to feel good. I know now that setting those boundaries with my family led me to grief.”
“Mine is not the most conventional journey for a musician to have, but I’m glad I took it because I’m more comfortable with not just my voice, but myself.”
“Being gender non-conforming allows me to think about the truth behind the homophobia and transphobia passed down to my parents as the residue of a long history of colonization.”
“While the misogynistic and sexually charged comments were uncomfortable, there was something oddly thrilling about the transphobic ones…these complete strangers had called my bluff. It felt electric.”
“I didn’t make this place a trans utopia overnight, but over weeks and months, I have changed the culture.”
“Sullivan values having a safe space as a transwoman, specifically in dance, because she has not seen herself represented in mainstream media.”
TransLash tells trans stories to save trans lives. As a trusted source for journalists, thought-leaders, movement activists, researchers, and those wanting to know about trans people, we produce narratives about and for the trans community—accurately and reliably. At a time when disinformation about trans people is being used to undermine democracy and human rights, TransLash Media serves as a beacon of hope through the voices that we share with the world.
TransLash tells trans stories to save trans lives. As a trusted source for journalists, thought-leaders, movement activists, researchers, and those wanting to know about trans people, we produce narratives about and for the trans community—accurately and reliably. At a time when disinformation about trans people is being used to undermine democracy and human rights, TransLash Media serves as a beacon of hope through the voices that we share with the world.
